Rustic camping on Lake Michigan with 23 scenic sites, vault toilets, hiking trails, and boreal forest views—first-come, first-serve near Garden, MI.
Gladstone Bay Campground
Gladstone Bay Campground offers many of the modern amenities you are looking for when you are away from home, while still giving you a wonderful outdoor camping experience.
Fuller Park
Located 20 miles south of Escanaba on M-35, Fuller Park is 82 acres, featuring a beach side picnic area, and lakefront campground.
Gladstone Beach
Gladstone Beach is on the south side of Van Cleve Park and has a sandy swimming beach on Little Bay de Noc.
Portage Point Beach
This is a perfect spot to bring your bike and ride to each beach location or enjoy fishing from one of the wooden piers.
Sac Bay Park Beach
Sac Bay Park Beach is a quiet, sandy spot on the Garden Peninsula, perfect for picnicking and enjoying peaceful views of Lake Michigan without the crowds.
Indian Point Beach
Park by the boulders then hike along the the trail to a huge span of beach opportunities.
Sac Bay Park Trail
This 66-acre park on Big Bay de Noc in Michigan’s Garden Peninsula offers quiet beaches, summer picnics and lakefront access just 30 minutes south of US-2.
Little Bay de Noc Campground
Little Bay de Noc Campground offers 36 sites, 2 group spots, hiking trails, a beach, picnic area, and boat launch—plus stunning summer sunsets.
Escanaba Municipal Beach
Sandy shoreline along Little Bay de Noc with a bathhouse and designated swim area, ideal for relaxed group outings and summer reunions.
Ludington Park
A large waterfront park featuring a picnic pavilion, a gazebo that’s popular for ceremonies and photos, band shell, beach access, walking trails and expansive green space.
Ford River Beach
Bring your fishing gear if you want to fish on your way to the beach. This is a natural beach that is rarely visited.
Van Cleve Park & Gladstone Beach
Waterfront park with a large pavilion, picnic shelter, playgrounds, walking paths, and easy beach access.
Ninga Aki Pathway
Set in a southern boreal forest near Lake Michigan, this Delta County campground offers access to the 2.7-mile Ninga Aki Pathway, featuring forest loops, boardwalks, and lakeshore views.
Portage Point Marsh
Portage Marsh is a 600-acre coastal wetland complex on Lake Michigan in Delta County.
J.W. Wells State Park
Wells State Park includes 678 acres, a three-mile sandy beach shoreline for swimming, large picnic area, a modern campground and rustic cabins that are available to rent year round.
